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Alcohol Misuse Behavioral Counseling, Brief

Colorado rates for HCPCS G0443

Brief face-to-face behavioral counseling for alcohol misuse, 15 minutes

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Alcohol Misuse Behavioral Counseling, Brief cost?

$33.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.88 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$33.88$32.36 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$33.88 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $30 to $54Professionalmedian $34 · 10th to 90th $25 to $43
$20$50$100$200$500facility $35professional $34

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$18.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$41.69
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$47.86
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$61.66
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$74.13
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$53.70
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HN · Bachelor's level
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$35.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$35.48

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in North Dakota than in New Mexico. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Colorado· 11th of 51

$33.88

ND $50.12NM $18.20

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.